--- title: "13 Lord Supper Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 13 Lord Supper quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Lord Supper sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/john-piper-255_christ_the-purpose-of-the-lord-s-supper-is-to-r_1193613.png" --- > [The purpose of the Lord's Supper is to receive from Christ the nourishment and strength and hope and joy that come from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/the-purpose-of-the-lord-s-supper-is-to-receive-from-christ-the/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/john-piper-255_christ_the-purpose-of-the-lord-s-supper-is-to-r_1193613.png) > [If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord's Supper, but he might well sorrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erwin-w-lutzer/if-melanchthon-were-alive-today-he-might-not-weep-because-of/) [Erwin W. Lutzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erwin-w-lutzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91f/erwin-w-lutzer-7686_alive_if-melanchthon-were-alive-today-he-might_3756.png) > [The Lord's supper is memorative, and so it has the nature and use of a pledge or token of love, left by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/the-lord-s-supper-is-memorative-and-so-it-has-the-nature-and-use-of-a/) [John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/338/john-flavel-4295_dear_the-lord-s-supper-is-memorative-and-so-i_236676.jpg) > [ “\[I\]f the Lord's Supper effects nothing, consequently is nothing, … without a certain state of mind, without faith, then in faith alone… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/i-f-the-lord-s-supper-effects-nothing-consequently-is-nothing-without/) [Ludwig Feuerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-feuerbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/ludwig-feuerbach-3406_faith_i-f-the-lord-s-supper-effects-nothing-co_2829797.jpg) > [“Who should serve the Lord’s Supper? Well in the early church, considering Acts 2 and 1 Corinthians 11, the host of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-witherington-iii/who-should-serve-the-lord-s-supper-well-in-the-early-church/) [Ben Witherington III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-witherington-iii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/ben-witherington-iii-33766_administration-of-th_who-should-serve-the-lord-s-supper-well_373623.jpg) > [“Let’s not overlook that eating the Lord’s Supper with God’s people is a kind of preaching that is also meant to feed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/let-s-not-overlook-that-eating-the-lord-s-supper-with-god-s-people-is/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/john-piper-255_bread_let-s-not-overlook-that-eating-the-lord_2642849.png) > [If a friend is the one who summons us to our best, then is not Jesus Christ our best friend, and should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maltbie-davenport-babcock/if-a-friend-is-the-one-who-summons-us-to-our-best-then-is-not-jesus/) [Maltbie Davenport Babcock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maltbie-davenport-babcock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/799/maltbie-davenport-babcock-1209_appeals_if-a-friend-is-the-one-who-summons-us-to_1773042.jpg) > [The Lord's Supper has been greatly instrumental in keeping His cause alive. It is the voice of all believers preaching the Lord's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-deems/the-lord-s-supper-has-been-greatly-instrumental-in-keeping-his-cause/) [Charles Deems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-deems/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/charles-deems-87092_alive_the-lord-s-supper-has-been-greatly-instr_1139474.jpg) > [No doubt a man may be saved, like the penitent thief, without having received the Lord's Supper. It is not a matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/no-doubt-a-man-may-be-saved-like-the-penitent-thief-without-having/) [J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/j-c-ryle-789_absolutes_no-doubt-a-man-may-be-saved-like-the-pen_330586.png) > [“When Christians try to celebrate the Lord's Supper as anything besides a fellowship of believers, it's a sign that their faith and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-mims/when-christians-try-to-celebrate-the-lord-s-supper-as-anything/) [Gene Mims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-mims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/gene-mims-72902_christianity_when-christians-try-to-celebrate-the-lor_2190848.jpg) > [Surely there is a fitness in the institution of the Lord's Supper as a standing memorial by which the church at large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morley-punshon/surely-there-is-a-fitness-in-the-institution-of-the-lord-s-supper-as/) [William Morley Punshon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morley-punshon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/227/william-morley-punshon-28706_believer_surely-there-is-a-fitness-in-the-institu_3125866.jpg) > [“Is the Lord’s Supper only for Christians? Whenever I ask this question I immediately remember the character of those that partook of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-witherington-iii/is-the-lord-s-supper-only-for-christians-whenever-i-ask-this-question/) [Ben Witherington III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-witherington-iii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/ben-witherington-iii-33766_christianity_is-the-lord-s-supper-only-for-christians_12571.jpg) > [“Sometimes silences are pregnant and sometimes not. It is hard to know what to make of the silence of much of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-witherington-iii/sometimes-silences-are-pregnant-and-sometimes-not-it-is-hard-to-know/) [Ben Witherington III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-witherington-iii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/ben-witherington-iii-33766_baptism_sometimes-silences-are-pregnant-and-some_212212.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lord-supper/#itemlist", "name": "Lord Supper Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The purpose of the Lord's Supper is to receive from Christ the nourishment and strength and hope and joy that come from feasting our souls on all that He purchased for us on the cross, especially His own fellowship.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Piper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/the-purpose-of-the-lord-s-supper-is-to-receive-from-christ-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/john-piper-255_christ_the-purpose-of-the-lord-s-supper-is-to-r_1193613.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/john-piper-255_christ_the-purpose-of-the-lord-s-supper-is-to-r_1193613.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/john-piper-255_christ_the-purpose-of-the-lord-s-supper-is-to-r_1193613.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The purpose of the Lord's Supper is to receive from Christ the nourishment and strength and hope and joy…” — John Piper", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord's Supper, but he might well sorrow because of our indifference to its meaning and importance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erwin W. 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The Lord's Supper looks not back to our past with a critical eye, but to our future, with a hopeful one. The Master appeals from what we have been to what we may be. He bids us come, not because we are better than we have been, but because He wants us to be. 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It is the voice of all believers preaching the Lord's death till He come. He who believes that the Lord did come and die for us, and will come again and take us to Himself, and will not hesitate to regard this last request of our Lord and Saviour.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Deems" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-deems/the-lord-s-supper-has-been-greatly-instrumental-in-keeping-his-cause/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/charles-deems-87092_alive_the-lord-s-supper-has-been-greatly-instr_1139474.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/charles-deems-87092_alive_the-lord-s-supper-has-been-greatly-instr_1139474.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef7/charles-deems-87092_alive_the-lord-s-supper-has-been-greatly-instr_1139474.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Lord's Supper has been greatly instrumental in keeping His cause alive. 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You, who have learned to love the Saviour, will prize His ordinance for the Saviour's sake. 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Whenever I ask this question I immediately remember the character of those that partook of the Last Supper with Jesus. They were certainly Jews, some better Jews than others, but Jesus shared this meal knowingly even with Judas. Or again consider the Emmaus Road encounter. Jesus shares this meal with those who had given up on his being the One to redeem Israel, who were leaving Jerusalem downcast and disappointed, and who were oblivious to the fact that it was Jesus who was speaking and sharing with them! There has to be a balance in the liturgy to help the congregation make a decision if they themselves are ready to partake of this Meal in a worthy manner (hence the 'ye who do truly and earnestly repent' clause), while at the same time joyfully welcoming all who are willing and ready and able to do so.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Witherington III" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-witherington-iii/is-the-lord-s-supper-only-for-christians-whenever-i-ask-this-question/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/ben-witherington-iii-33766_christianity_is-the-lord-s-supper-only-for-christians_12571.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/ben-witherington-iii-33766_christianity_is-the-lord-s-supper-only-for-christians_12571.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/ben-witherington-iii-33766_christianity_is-the-lord-s-supper-only-for-christians_12571.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Is the Lord’s Supper only for Christians? 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We see no evidence anywhere in this material that clerics of any kind are in charge of the meal and its distribution. Even in the Didache, prophets, who were mouthpieces for God, are only allowed to say the thanksgiving prayer as often as they like. The low ecclesiology, coupled with the ever-present eschatology, suggest that the Didache does indeed go back to the end of the first century A.D. But one precedent in the Didache does stand out: the Lord’s Supper is for baptized Christians, and in particular for those who repent of their sins. We are on the way to the church of the Middle Ages in some respects, but we have not begun to localize or confine grace to the elements of the Lord’s Supper itself and then have it controlled by clerics.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Witherington III" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-witherington-iii/sometimes-silences-are-pregnant-and-sometimes-not-it-is-hard-to-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/ben-witherington-iii-33766_baptism_sometimes-silences-are-pregnant-and-some_212212.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/ben-witherington-iii-33766_baptism_sometimes-silences-are-pregnant-and-some_212212.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/ben-witherington-iii-33766_baptism_sometimes-silences-are-pregnant-and-some_212212.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes silences are pregnant and sometimes not. 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